Film & TV
Win Your Oscar Ballot
This is it: Oscar week! We know you probably have opinions about the big categories: best picture (Lincoln), best actor (Lincoln), best supporting actor (Lincoln) and the like (Lincoln). But those are only some of 24 categories! We gathered up our best and brightest analysts to predict the smaller, less obvious categories. Consider this your cheat sheet. And the Oscar goes to...
Shameless Recap: "The Sins of My Caretaker"
The Top 5 Reasons You Don't Mess With The Gallaghers
SNL RECAP: Christoph Waltz
First, I have to admit: I j’adore Christoph Waltz.
PARKS AND RECREATION RECAP: "Emergency Response"
What we learned on last night’s Parks.
GLEE RECAP: "I Do"
"Glee" was full of surprises tonight. Here's a list of the Top 5 "Didn't See That Coming" moments in this week's episode.
Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action
The category’s often overlooked, but many great directors got their start in the live action short category. You can check out these films at the Ritz at the Bourse.
Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animated
From claymation to The Simpsons, this year’s crop of animated short films offer a wide range of style and theme. You can check out these films at the Ritz at the Bourse.
Quiz: Which Horror Movie is Perfect for Your Valentine's Day?
Review: "Safe Haven"
Directed by: Lasse Hallstroem Starring: Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 115 The newest Nicholas Sparks movie, “Safe Haven,” is part of a proud legacy of romantic melodrama that includes “A Walk to Remember” and “The Notebook.” But “Safe Haven” doesn’t live up to its predecessors: this time, Sparks gives us a total dud.
Why We Love to Get Scared
If you paid attention in your PSYC001 lecture like we did, then you’ll know that there’s a strong correlation between the physiological responses for fear and love.
Review: "Side Effects"
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh Starring: Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta Jones, Channing Tatum Rating: R Running Time: 106 minutes Steven Soderbergh’s “Side Effects” proves that it’s a terrible idea to try to wake a sleepwalker, especially when she has a knife.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Justin Bieber
Or, “Things about Comedy We All Knew Beforehand”
Girls Recap: "One Man's Trash"
Five "Wait...What?" Moments from Girls' newest episode.
Double Take: Our Favorite Penn People and Their Celebrity Dopplegangers
Is Madame Presidente Gutmann moonlighting as Holly on The Office? Is that Quentin Tarantino running around at basketball games in a funny hat? Now presenting the long–lost twins of some of our favorite Penn personalities.
"Bullet to the Head"
Directed by: Walter Hill Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Jason Momoa, Christian Slater Rating: R Runtime: 91 min. “Bullet to the Head,” based on the crime noir graphic novel “Du Plomb Dans La Tete,” is certainly graphic but offers nothing novel. The stereotypical action flick follows hitman Jimmy Bobo (Sylvester Stallone) and self–righteous Detective Taylor Kwon (Sung Kang) as they join forces to stop a conspiracy involving greedy businessmen, corrupt cops and other action movie cliches. The plot and characters are just tools to engineer more reasons for shooting, but even that leaves something to be desired.
Identity Thieves
"Identity Thief" is coming out tomorrow, but Hollywood started stealing a long time ago. Below, we judge movies that are suspiciously similar... and decide which are worthy of your time.
New Girl Recap: "Table 34"
The Top 5 Reasons Jess & Nick should get over it and admit they’re in love with each other
Review: "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters"
"Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" Directed by: Tommy Wirkola Starring: Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton Rating: R Running Time: 88 minutes Once upon a time (read: 2004), Universal Studios brought the nostalgia of horror icons into the action/adventure genre and created “Van Helsing,” a film that performed well in the box office but not with the critics.
